The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program

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The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children
Program

• Evaluation Project
• 2003-2005
• Holly S. Ruch-Ross
• Afsaneh Rahimian
• Jane Bassewitz
• Nicole Miller

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HTPCP Evaluation Two Areas of Inquiry

• Beyond Grant-making What Makes a Difference
• Evaluation Potential What is the Evaluation
  Capacity of Community-based Programs

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HTPCP Evaluation Three Studies

• Systematic review of completed project records
• Project inventory description of funded
  projects
• Included 97 projects completed by 2003
• Two Program Surveys
• use and benefit of non-monetary resources
• evaluation issues
• Response rates 85 and 82 respectively
• Case Studies
• Explore promising practices
• Included nine HTPCP project sites

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HTPCP Evaluation Project

• Systematic Review of Completed Project Records

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Status of Projects Funded 1989-1997 in 2004 (N97)
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Most Common Areas of Focus (N94)
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Services Provided (N94)
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HTPCP Evaluation Project

• Survey 1 HTPCP Experience

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Project Characteristics Community Type (N128)
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Project Characteristics Age of Population
Served (N128)
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Project Characteristics Ethnicity of
Population Served (N128)
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Project Characteristics Health Insurance
Status of Population (N128)
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Survey 1 Local and State Supports (N128)
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Survey 1 HTPCP TA Experience (N118)
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Survey 1 How Helpful HTPCP TA Visits (N118)
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Survey 1 Benefits of HTPCP (N118)
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Survey 1 Ease of Obtaining Matching Funds
(N110)
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Survey 1 How Confident Project is Sustainable
(N118)
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Survey 1 Availability of Resources in Community
(N118)
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HTPCP Evaluation Project

• Survey 2 Project Evaluation Experience

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Evaluation Implemented as Planned (N116)
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Reason for Changing Plan (N63)
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Barriers to Evaluation (N116)
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Resources Used (N123)
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How Well Was Project Evaluated(N123)
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How Has Information From Evaluation Been Used
(N123)
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Most Commonly Reported Process Indicators (N123)
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Most Commonly Reported Outcome Indicators (N123)
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Program Implications

• Continue to implement initial TA visits in year
  two follow up TA visits as needed
• Match topical expertise when possible
• Work to promote increased local AAP chapter and
  state Title V involvement in projects
• Networking is important
• Annual meeting
• Grants Database http//www.aap.org/commpeds/grant
  sdatabase/grantsdb.cfm
• Evaluation data is essential to the strength of
  the program

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Program Implications cont.

• Technical assistance regarding evaluation
• Supplemental materials sample evaluation plan
• Availability of evaluation consultants
• Development of Evaluation Guide I and II
• Web-based teleconferences
• http//www.aap.org/commpeds/resources/teleconf_ev
  al.htm
• Evaluation resources Web page
• http//www.aap.org/commpeds/resources/evaluation.
  html

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Next Steps

• Survey data presented at
• APHA, AEA, and PAS
• Manuscript development team convened
• 2 manuscripts are currently in development
• Characteristics of sustainable community-based
  initiatives
• Role of evaluation in CBIs

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Questions Discussion